- 5 miles
- 8:20/mile pace (including 4 stops)
- 0514
- From/To Home
- Just a cruise run, which felt tougher than it should have -- Finn had a very up and down night, which was much harder on Becca than me since she kept waking up first :).
- Found a $20 bill on the sidewalk on 75th Ave. between Union Hills and the 101, no, it wasn't yours.
- 200 push ups
- Standard form
- 25 pre-run, 15 each corner, 1st one being about 1.25 miles from home and one additional at the end, followed by 4 sets of 25 during post run stretching (15 of set number 7 were with a constantly mobile 40 pound Case on my back -- these in particular, plus the new Push Up streak high for volume, made the effort more exhausting than I have made any to date...expect that I will hurt tomorrow etc.).
- 4.23 miles
- 7:44/mile pace
- 2045
- From/To Home
- Felt like this was a good effort after a pretty long day which included the following:
- Waking up in a tent
- Swimming against various river currents
- Hiking 4 miles uphill carrying a backpack
- Driving 100 miles or so
- Giving Case a handful of bull rides as that is his new thing since we went to watch bull riding on Friday night
- Note in relation to the above list -- hiking with Laurawesome and CMB was really cool, they're excellent backpackers, great company and never one up our kid stories with stories about their kids.
- I felt like I was running much faster than 7:44/mile pace...but I think that has to do with the fact that I was quite sore from the backpacking and may have run the first mile much slower than the final 3+.
- 6.48 miles
- 7:24/mile pace
- 1939
- From/To Home
- Felt good and ran by one of IronChad's houses...it wasn't on fire or anything, so I guess that fact isn't so exciting. Anyway, this was my first run in my new $39 pair of New Balance running shoes...I like them...and not just because they look just like Case's shoes, which is exactly why I chose them.
- 4 miles
- 8:08/mile pace
- 1745
- From/To Home
- Family run, me pushing the boys...definitely getting cooler, though today was hot the evenings are cooling off.
- 1.82 miles
- Pushing Case on a wild and bumpy ride -- I thought I was going to get a break today since Case initially stated he didn't want a rough ride because he was playing with his toys, but that lasted about 2 tenths of a mile, then we had to do some serious off road traveling to satisfy him. You wouldn't think from initial look at Case's 'hood that it had any off road possibilities, but when you decide that entertaining your son is more important than the neighbors landscaping, opportunities abound.
- 6.34 miles
- 7:40/mile pace
- 0510
- From/To Home
- Negative split by 3 minutes, helped significantly by the fact that Master of Puppets started playing on my iShuffle music player and I decided to run hard for the whole freak 8+ minute song. I really though my average speed would've been much faster, but it wasn't...I felt fine, just not fast I guess. Anyway, did some push ups after stretching, which led to Case riding on my back for a while, so now I'm worn out.
- Becca ran 6+ miles after me this morning...I think together we will log many miles in the coming months, well, as long as I get back on the train at some point.
- 2.25 miles
- Pushing Case and we really did a lot of off-road bumpy adventure stuff....I actually wore the watch, but forgot to start it, I'm a genius.
- 1.7 miles
- Pushing Case and Finn again, it was fun and Becca enjoys it more than I do -- by-the-way, she's starting to get more serious about running again...could be the straw that finally breaks my back on this streak as it is much easier to do when she does everything around the house and with the kids etc. Yeah, that's just an excuse, but well...the last 2 months have been mentally taxing, for this slow guy anyway.
- 1.82 miles
- Difficult, but enjoyed, trip around the 'hood with Finn and Case -- Case gets me to go off road as often as possible, for his entertainment, which makes the effort significantly harder, but more fun too. Thankfully the Burley stroller can handle it pretty well...but yeah, I wish I had a "Bob."
- 3.11 miles
- 8:16/mile pace
- 0715
- From/To Home
- Went to bed late then woke up a few times with Finn and Case, which all led to the easy justification of sleeping in, which lead to not having much time, which led to a short run....no excuse for how slow it was, but it is done. Still feeling cruddy, but a little better I guess. Good enough to start a trip to the other side of the world at least.
- 1.98 miles
- 8:04/mile pace
- 1625
- From/To Arrowhead CC
- Difficult. Definitely in the top 20 hardest runs of the streak to date. Everything hurt (body aches from cold I have, plus head ache pounding with each step), but at least it wasn't hot. Arrived from HNL at 7am, went straight to work, then left work at 4pm so I could get this run in before going home for fear that if I waiting until boys went to bed there would be a chance that I would fall asleep and end the streak. As it turns out it is a good thing I did so as I fell asleep next to Case after reading him books and didn't wake up until a little before midnight -- I still had over 10 minutes, so I could've still managed, but I was glad I didn't have to try and had I not run earlier, who knows, maybe I wouldn't have woken up until after midnight. Anyway, by the skin of its teeth the streak goes on. Yeah, I do realize I'm the only one who cares, but hey, I care.
- Decided not to do treadmill simply because my minimum treadmill distance is 2.5 miles and I wanted this one over with even if I had to deal with the heat...again, thankfully that wasn't a problem as it actually rained a bit on me during the run.
- 1.82 miles
- 8:33/mile pace
- 0555
- From/To Home
- One loop around the neighborhood. Finishing a short and slow run early in the day then watching recorded Olympics before work is a really cool way to start the day. Perhaps not as 'cool' as Case's since he decided to play in the sprinklers at 7am and get his little brother to crawl behind him to enjoy the same, but cool none-the-less.
- 4.82 miles
- 8:14/mile pace
- 0815
- From/To home
- My efforts to follow the McMillan training plan are getting worse, but I am starting to feel better (Probably aided by the boys and Becca letting me sleep in etc.). Today's long run turned into the above...not very impressive, but felt like as much as I should do today. Anyway, hoping to resume in full soon.
- 2 miles
- Slowish
- 0605
- From/To home
- Though I truly hate to do it, I switched tomorrow's "off day" to today for a number of reasons, here are some of those:
- I am feeling sickly -- body aches and general crud
- I didn't think I could accomplish what was on the schedule today, considering "1" above
- Needed more time than usual this morning because I had to work in an appointment to have this dealt with:
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/casewein/7414787132/in/photostream
- Yep, that's right, I now have pink eye too. Joy, but wait, there's more...Finn had crusty eyes this morning as well and Becca's eyes itch. Family fun! I really dislike pink eye, but I think I prefer it over the body ache's, which I really need to get rid of before tomorrow's make up run.
- On the positive side, Case asked to go running with me again today, so he and I had as enjoyable a 2 mile run as can be had considering all of the above...plus he serenaded me with "Go Faster Daddy, Go Faster!" and "Step on it Dad!, Step on it!" He's a funny little dude and I was very glad he was out there with me this morning. I might still be somewhere between mile one and two without the incentive to speed up. As I always say, kids are good for your health.
- 5.33 miles
- 7:42/mile pace
- 0550
- From/To home
- Slow first mile (8:18) then picked up a bit for a cruise to the finish.
- Case has pink eye. Proving once again that if you have kids you should never allow them to interact with any other children or go where any other children may have been. Ever.
- 2.03 miles
- 8:09/mile pace
- 0453
- From/To home
- Stupid blackberry always resets to Mountain time instead of AZ time when I land in PHX -- this time I forgot to change it, so when the alarm went off at 5:30am on the phone it was actually 4:30am. I sound like I'm complaining, but in reality I'm glad I got up that early because it allowed for a more relaxed morning (helped by the super short not hard run) while also giving me time to manually blow up the slip and slide water feature things necessary for Case and his cronies to have a fun get together...I think I was more winded as a result of that effort than previous days fastish running.
- 5.03 miles
- 7:46/mile pace
- 0615
- From/To home
- "Easy" run that felt harder than easy, but not hard. Off to Staycation we go!
- Only because it happened last night, the same day the earlier "tee-tee incident" happened, I will share this story:
- Just before dinner I announced that I needed to go to the bathroom and then we (Case and I -- Becca was upstairs trying to put Finn to sleep) we would sit down and eat dinner together. I walked to the bathroom and started to relieve myself...just then I hear Case start running my way followed by a loud and excited announcement that he would like to tee tee too. "We can go at the same time Daddy!" as he immediately arrives next to me, drops his pants and starts to pee before I can even start to say anything positive or negative....well, this was no big deal, but was pretty funny when he finished in less than 2 seconds, jumped up on the step he uses to get to the sink, wash his hands with half a pound of soap, pseudo dry them by high fiving the towel and running out turning off the light behind him then sprinting away cackling like a mental ward escapee. Can't decide if I want to hope for a continuation of Case related tee tee stories or not...that streak is at 2 days.
- 3.09 miles
- 8:24/mile pace
- 0610
- From/To home
- Intending to do a very short and slow streak extender only, today's run turned out to be the most difficult and enjoyable short slow run of the year. Here's the story:
- While hearing from Case the list of games we were going to play after I finished running I sat down to put on my shoes. I clarified that a few were not going to be possible because I had to go to work today, which he understood and had no problem with...it was basically his wish list [Fight with noodles, football, Power Rangers, etc.]. When reciting he regularly tries to convince me that we should start immediately, which leads to me reiterating that we will play after I run, or eat, or whatever I've already told him was on the plan...he knows this and doesn't mind, but still tries to manipulate the schedule to suit his fancy whenever he can. Well, this time he came up with a great idea all on his own..."Daddy, can I go in the lell-ow thing with you?" The "lell-ow" thing being the yellow Burley running stroller thing meant that for the first time in months and possibly the first time without it first being suggested by Becca or I, he requested to go on a run with me. This was cool, even though it meant my run would be a little tougher...dude's getting heavy. But then it got cooler...he got excited when I said "sure" and added "and Baby Brother too!," which meant that I'd be able to take them both with me and give Becca a 20 minute break or so, which may not sound like much, unless you have 2 kids. Becca's response, "break out the margaritas!" Then she reconsidered and said, "maybe I should just run with you?" (Many of her best decisions are derailed by her hyper-guilt disorder, as diagnosed by the writer) So she asked Case....who said "....No...maybe not," which of course made me chuckle. Becca clarified that he would still get to ride with Finn and she would just run "next to you," which got him excited again and he agreed. So off we all went and I pushed (literally) a little harder than I otherwise would have and went probably a mile further than I would have and had much more fun that I would have. A great way to start the morning for sure.
- Case ended up taking a salt bath with me afterwards instead of playing fighting games, but he didn't mind as he likes taking a bath too, as long as he doesn't have to wash his hair.
- His bath ended rather unfortunately however, as I left to go shower in the other bathroom he stayed to play in the tub....a while later he comes into the other bathroom spitting and making a scrunched up face. He said something about maybe needing to take some medicine, which prompted a few questions. As it turns out, he revealed that he was pointing his weener up while he tee tee'd in the bathtub and "it went right into my mouth." Becca had a tough time containing her laugher, but while I did too, I quickly offered help with a little home remedy of adult tooth paste on his tongue followed by repeated rinsing. He was happy after that, as was the rest of the family :).
- 3.13 miles
- 8:03/mile pace
- 0650
- From/To home
- Relaxed run, getting pretty hot out and seemed a bit more humid than usual, but not a hard enough run to be any real issue. Tight from yestereday, probably caused by walking all around the zoo pushing Case and Finn, that's actually a pretty good workout.
- 1.7 miles
- Streak extender squeezed in before Case's last soccer game of the season.
